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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-06
Died From a Spiders Bite.

William Hughes, who conducted Il
general provision store in bennington,
met with an untimely death Wednesday
of last week. On the preceding Friday -
small black spider it is supposed. bit Mr..
Hughes on the lip. He paid but little
attention to the bite nj the time The
next morning he went to Philadelphia
ON business, returning that evening feel
Ing unwcli. His face commenced to
swell badly and consultation of six
physicians was held, they being unable
TO relieve the young mans suffering.
His throat was swollen so much that he
was unable to take medicine or nOurish-
mcnl He understood and heard all
that tunspircd around his bed, but he
could no, speak Mr. Hughes continued
in this stale until death came to Ills relief.
The deceased was in the I'D year Of lis
age. He wits an Industrious young man
and enjoyed the respect of all who knew
him lie was native of Georgetown,
Lancaster county. The funeral tool,
place f'om the residence of his parents,
Samuel andllarrict Hughes, Cap Friday
The interment was in Octoraro grave
yard -OlJord Press.
One Of the most promising enter
prises organized here recently, is the
Tortilita gold and silver Mining
Company with Il capital Of 81 100000
in shares of 80 each. Its property
comprises twelve developed mines,
and a mill in Pinal County, Arizona,
district known for its rich and
generous deposits of ore The
Mines cover territory three miles
long and there are over $50 acres of
ore desposits. Over S150,00O in
bullion was taken out in the pros
pecting and development work.
Two Of the mines which are now
being worked,apparently contain an
inoxhaustible supply of ore avcra-
ging over $50 per ton. They have
been worked to the water where the
oar concentrates in q solid body ~!
feet wide which has been tested thir-
ty feet below, thus demonstrating
their pcrmancncy. This is be-
licvcd to be one Of largest and rich
est bodies Of ore on this continct.
Mr.. Jos. H. Real, is the president
Of the Company whose Offices are
81 Broadway, New York City. Div
idcnds will commence to he paid
monthly Sept /. Prospectus will
be sent on application.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-06

On Tuesday Mrs. Jennie Griffith relict
ofthe late VIM. Griffith, died at her home
at Head of Sassafras Mrs. Griffith was
well known here, aud at one time She
resided in this ncighborhood. Mrs. e..
had been i'll for some time; she was in
the Goth year of her age The funeral
took place Thursday Intcrmcnt in
Welsh Tract burying ground. She had
been member of Welsh Tract Church
for long number of years.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-06
BOWEN & BROTHER,

AN local notices appearing in this
paper, relating to the sale of goods, and
not written by lis, will he charged at
certain rate per line.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-06
DEATHS THIS WEEK.


FRED. FERRIS.
On Saturday evening last, the sad news
reached this town that Fred Ferris, Of
Glasgow, was dead. lie had been sick
but few days, with the bilious dysen-
terry. Young Ferris was well-known
here was a student at Delaware College
about two years ago, and has often visit
ed the town since. He attended
seminary in New York State last
year. where he was preparing for the
ministry. He was about his eighteenth
year of age. The funeral took place on
Monday. \ large number of relatives
and friends were present Charles Fer
ris and his sister are seriously i'll with
the same complaint.
JOHN II. KGMBLE.
On Thursday news reached here that
John II. Kimble, of Appleton, Md, son
of II. II. Kimble, was dead Mr. Kimble
had an attack of brain fever, evidently
brought on by the excessive hot weather.
The deceased was known here, and has
considerable reputation as Il poet. A
wife and several children mourn their
loss of husband nd'lather. lie was
in the 37th year of his age. The funeral
takes place to-day at 10 O'Clock. Services
at the house. lntermcnt ut Head Of
Christiana Church.
DEATH or MIR. OLDHAM.
James Il. c. oldham, well-known
resident Of New Castle county died at his
home in Christiana about o'clock We'd
nesday evening after an illness of nearly
four months, of typhoid foyer The de
ceased was born about G5 years ago, near
Ogletown. He was engaged in the dry
goods business nearly all his kfc, first
with the firm of Garretson, Blskemofc &
Co., and forsevcral years and at the time
of his death he was member of the
firm of Williams, Yerkes & Co., also a
Philadelphia house. In politics Mr.
Oldham was a Democrat, and was can
didatc for the shcrillalty nomination in
1889 and 1884 and again in 1856. He
leaves wife, who was TO. ncrly Miss
Eliza Dundas of Philadelphia, four daugh-
tiers and one son. The deceased was
much respected by large circle of friends
and ncghbors.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-06
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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-06
Personal.

Miss Florence Jackson of Denver,
Colorado, is visiting Mrs. f. T. Dilworth,
NQp Main street.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-12-01
A Story from Roscoe. conklipx.

Roscoe Conkling sat in theatre the. other
evening A hand was laid on his shoulder
from behind. 1t belonged to certain highly
fashionable matrun Of his acquaintance, but
it was large organ, notwithstanding that lit
had never done any labor. Yes, Sir, said
Conkling, mistaking it for the hand of man.
Then his eyes fell on the feminine sleeve at
tached to it, and he confusedly murmured:
81 beg your pardon" e.
."Oh, no offense, 1 assure you,n the Indy
good humoredly responded. : - =
Mr.. Conkling then said: "This reminds me
of an actual cese in which a mistake in. the
gender of a man brought about divorce
suit A wife had large hand, and it hap
pened one evening that she sat with her hus-
band and several others on q rural veranda.
The husband was smoking a cigarette, and,
as it was very dark indeed the wife took it
from him for a surreptitious whiff Now,
right alongside the couple sat firtatious
girl She and the man were on sentimental
terms, but until now quite unknown to the
woman The well developed hand of the
g wife, with the cigarette, CHANGED to swing
into contact with that of the girl, who took
hold of it, thought from its size that it was
the husbands, felt convinced of it by the Gig
arctic, and thereupen pressed it to her lips,
rapturously Selieving that she was taking o
safe opportunity Of the darkness. The eyes
of the wife were opened metaphoricafly, if
not physically; she watched the pair for q
few days, and an action for divorce was soon
instituted New York Sun. o.,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-12-01

At the meeting of the Belmont Co.
Medical Society, held at st. Clairsville,
Tuesday, Nov. Sth, the following reso-
lutions and preamble were unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, in the orderings of an All
Wise Providence, our aged and dis
tinguished fellow member, DR.. Henry
West. has been taken from US by the
hand OF Death: And whereas, from the
earliest records of our association,
through all the years OF his profession
al life, he has been one of our most
active members, doing much by his sup
port to advance the material interests
of our society, and dignifying and
adorning our profession by an exemplary
life; Therefore, be it
Resolved, 1. That in the death of
DR.. West our association has lost one
of its most distinguished members and
the community a most honorable and
influential citizen.
Resolved, 2 That as a proper ex-
pressio Jon of the sentiment Of this AS
sociation upon the life and work OF DR..
West, and of their sorrow for his death,
we hereby ordered published two hun
dred and fifty copies of the memorial
address. read by DR.. A. h Hewetson,
at this meeting, and direct that his
family and relatives be presented with
copies of the same, and that these reso-
lutions be recorded in the minutes OF
the Society and published in the county
papers.
JOHN ALEXANDER, Pres.
T A HoBsON. Sec'v
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-12-01
Death of DR.. P. R. Chapman.

From the Gazette.)
Again the death signal has visited
our village and called away one of our
esteemed citizens from our midst. DIR.
Chapman died on Saturday, the 18th
ult., at 2 P NJ His friends had been
summoned from abroad to be with him
IN his last hours; he was the Oldest of
family of twelve children. of whom five
survive 1im; he located in Hendrysburg
in 1889, came to Morristown in 1868,
where he has been in active practice for
IL years in his chosen profession, in
which he had but few equals. The i'm
mediate cause Of his death is supposed
to have been organic disease of heart,
accompanied by diseased lungs. He
bore his intense suffering with patience;
for nearly two weeks he could not lie
down, yet seldom complained. He pos
sessed an intellect that far surpassed
the majority of those with whom he
mingled day after day. In history, he
had but few equals and truly we may
say, a great man has fallen. His age
was Y years and Z days; he leaves four
children. three sons and one daughter.
His family was all present to witness
his last hours, as his spirit took its fight
through the dark, chilling stream of the
Jordan of death. At the age of Is years
he united with the Christian church, of
which he was a consistent member for
several years, but owing to some diff
Guilty in the church he became estranged,
and had not fellowshipped for several
years. His funeral took place on Mon
day. His remains..were followed to their
last resting place by large concourse
of friends, services being conducted by
Elder Thompson assisted by Rev. Gar
rett, he was buried with the honors of
the LOO.F of which order he has been a
member for 35 years. He sleeps beside his
loved companion and near to Drs. Gas
ton and Hamilton, with whom he asso-
ciated in other days. A. W.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-12-01
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-12-01
. THE NATIVES OF INDIA.
Their Remarkable Thrift and Abstemi-
Ousness=FOOd mud CIothing.

Their Remarkable Thrift and Abstemi-
. Ousness-Food aud Clothing.
There is no abstemiousncs; il the world,
and li1 thrift, like the thrift and ;.JsccIniouS-
ness OF the average native of India. Almost
alone among the working men of tho world,
he H.; raised himself nearly above wants,
has stripped himself of all the impc;;imsIIta
of luxury. Millions of men III India, espe-
cially on the richer soils and III the river
deltas, live, marry, and rear apparently
healthy children upon an income which, even
when the wife works, is rarely above Is. 4
week and frequently sinks to lsd. The In
dian is enabled to do this not SO much Ly the
cheapress of food-for, though it is cheap,
European who ate the same food would want
five times the money merely to feed himself
as by liabit of living which makes him
t., independent Of the ordinary cares of man
kind.
He goes nearly without clothes, gives his
children none, and dresses his wife in Il long
piece of the most wretched muslin Neither
he nor his wife pay taller Or milliner one
shilling during their entire Eves nor do they
ever purchase needles or thread which, in
deed, it is contrary to a seni-religious eti-
quette ever to use. The poorer peasant inhab-
its a hut containing a single covered room
form or two outside it; and as he constructs
and repairs his own dwelling he virtually
paysn no rent, except for the culturablc land
He never. touches, alcohol or any substitute
for it. There is an idea in England that he
eats opium or hemp; but he, as rule, swal-
lows neither-frstly, because he regards them
with as much moral antipathy as any Eng
lish gentleman, and secondly, because he
could not by any possibility pay for articles
which in India, ,.aS everywhere else, are ex-
ceedingly expensive.
He eats absolutely no meat, nor any animal
fat, nor any expensive grain like good wheat;
but lives on millet or small rice, little milk,
With the butter from the milk, and the vege-
tables he grows. Even of these he cats more
sparingly than the poorest Tuscan. Once a
quarter, perhaps, he will eat enough, during
some festival, but as rule he knows accu-
rately what will sustain him, and would be
enraged with the wife who cooks for him if
she prepared moro. He is assisted i'll this
economy. by a-religious rule which we have
never seen a Hindoo break, and which is un-
doubtedly, like the rule against killing oxen,
q survival from q military law or custom of
the most remote antiquity.-The Spectator.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-12-01
THE FIRE FIEND.
A $500, 900 Blaze at Grand Rapfds-Tan'
nary Mt PIttshurn-0thar Lnsaaa

merry at PIttsburg-other Losses.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Nov. 2S-One Of
the most serious conhagrations that has
visited this city for years, broke out at 3
o'clock Sunday morning, in the basement Of
the Nelson & Matter Furniture company's
five story brick ware rooms, Nos 9 to Is Ly on
street. The fire quickly ascended the eleva-
tor shaft, and communicated to inflamma-
BILE material in the finishing department.
situated on the third and fourth floors, and
in few minutes the flames were beyond
control As soon as 1t was seen that the
warehouse building was doomed the atten-
tion of the fire department was directed to
saving the immense factory, separated from
the warehouse on the west by an alley, only
thirty feet wide The factory covered an
acre or more of ground, and was filed with
dry lumber and shavingG The fremen sue
ceeded in saving the building, thought 1t
caught fire several times.
East Of the burning warehouse, separated
by sixteen-foot alley, was block Of three
and four story brick buildings occupied by
the First National bank, about a dozen
stores, a large number Of offices, and in
part by the Nelson g. Matter company.
The fire communicated to these buildings
and made rapid progress, but it was con-
fined chiefly to Nos. 20 and 81 Canal street.
though the buildings on either side were
much damaged. The goods throughout the
entire block were also seriously damaged by
water. The loss is estimated at $500, 900;
pretty well covered by insurance. The fire
is supposed to have been caused by spon-
taneous combustion. Five hundred men
will be thrown out Of employ ment. The
warehouse will be rebuilt as soon as the
raathar will paruoit
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-12-01
News Of the Day Compressed for the


News Of the Day Compressed for the
Hasty Perusor.
Natural gas has been struck a. Charles
ton, W. Va
The majority In favor of division in Da-
kota .will:not exceed 5000.
{. At Marqustte, Mich, Larry Finn cut hii
wife to pieces with an Ak
Martin Cedy was drowned in the lake ct
Chicago by the capsizing Of his boat
. Giovanni Bresssu, q well known artist
died suddenly at Chicago, of spopis1y.
The Cincinnati Art academy, the princely
gift OF David Sinton. was dedicated Setur.
day.
Peter Rahm aged seventy two yosrs,
hanged himSsif Ia his barn at Ma rietta,
Ohio - q"
Charles II. DsCouvsy, . blacksmith at
Akron, O., suioided by the morphine
Lee Nelson, . coal miner, was stru.,e by
. train near ZsnssVills, o., and instantly
killed
Cen Harris has withdrawn from the
contest Ter the spsakership Of the Ohio
house
Bishop Rsdslls condition Is reported az
more favorable than at any time since his
illness.
7. V. Powdsrly IL in Now York, gather
ing information a. to government tele.
grapha
At Jersey City Henry Ebert shot and
killed his wife. and then fatally wounded
himself.
Charles Gpdhw has been banged at San
Jose, Cal, Tor the mudsS Of II. A. Grant
last January.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-12-01

ABOUT two years ago the building OF water
works for St. Clairsville was agitated. A
public meeting was held, and committee ap-
pointed, TO consider and report upon the sub
iect. At once objections came to the front,
and gentlemen who were foremost in the en-
terprise, and who had given it some thought
and investigation, became out of patience
with what they deemed the absurd objections
of men who had given the matter no thought,
and abandoned the effort.
The plan contemplated driven well on
the hill where the Quaker meeting house for
merly stood. from which the water would be
pumped into sand-pipe, and thence convey
ed by pipe into mains through the principal
streets. The pressure would be ample to
throw water upon the tops of the highest
buildings in the town, and with fire-plugs
along the curbs and plenty of hose would pro-
vide an ample supply for use at fires. If we
had had such facilities last Friday morning,
and in addition a hook and ladder truck, with
its appliances, the little shop occupied by
Charles F. Riley could have been torn away,
and the hose would have saved the Close
building.
The county buildings must have an abund-
ant supply of water. This would furnish
that, and the water rents would help reim-
burse the town for its expenditure. the
summer season very much of the annoyance
from dust could be got rid of, by use of the
hose on the streets. In case of fire it would
provide an enormous quantity of water, which
could be hurled with terrific force upon the
fire, with case and safety. The cost would
not be very great-towns are authorized to
provide themselves with such facilities, and
to issue bonds TO provide means.
If such facilities can be obtained here, why
should the property of the town longer de-
pend uron buckets and the labor of men,
many of whom have no real interest in the
property they fight to save?
Rev DR.. Bulph and the late Samuel Nc
George gave the matter considerable thought
and investigation at the time mentioned, and
their conclusion was that an expenditure of
$1,000 or $4,000 would give the town the
facilities required. Why not renew it nowy
and push it to successful conclusion?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-12-01
Standing on the Toe.

"Talk about feats of strength Why,
woman can do something no man can per
form. say a woman. Well, perhaps there
are dozen women alive who can accomplish
this feat in q first ass fashion. I'm great
believer in women acrobats myself, especi
ally if they are pleasing to look uponn And
Junius Howe, Bolassy Kiralfy,s right hand
man, drew a hand reflectively through his
curly black hair and looked reminiscent.
"Say, did you ever zee man stand ON one
toel Don't recollect it, Ell? No, of course
Of doing SO, and have been prying about the
= acrobatic field for the last ten years endeav-
oring to find a man who could stand in that
fashion. doesn't seem much, does itl Yet
this is tho test Of all ballet premieres.
There is something about the architecture
OF q mans foot that precludes the possibility
of q masculine athlete executing this feat, but
woman cando it because her ankle is natur-
ally stronger. And still there have not been
many dancers who could stand straight on
one toe. Probably fifty in all would COM
plete the list. Three or four hundred others
have almost accomplished 1t, and hundreds
of coryphees have been able to make a SEM
blance of doing the act, but that is all. Un-
less child is instructed in dancing and bal
let movements before she is years old she
can never hope to stand on her first toe. Try
az she may from young to old womanhood,
without having served an infantile appren-
ticcship her rolo in life will be that of a cory
phee and no moro. Detroit Tribune
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-12-01
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